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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

HENRY CLINTON HICKS, OF. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN LIVE STOCK EXPRESS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,256, dated August 11, 1885.

Application filed May 12, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENR CLINTON HICKS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVatering Attachments to Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stock-cars; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view in section, of aportion of a stockcar showing my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the supply-pipe and one of the watering troughs.

A is the floor, and B the stanchions or open frame-work,of a stock-car, the stanchions being arranged, as shown, in pairs about six inches apart, and with about three feet of space from center to center of each pair of stanchions, the stanchions being intended to be used as guides for the stall-bars, as in my PatentNo. 288,335, dated November 13, 1883.

Between the stanchions are arranged watering-troughs C ata convenient height from the floor to enable the animals to drink from them.

On a line even with the bottoms of the troughs, on the outside of and partially embedded into the stanchions, so that their outer surfaces will not project beyond the frame-work of the car, are two large pipes, D D", the ends of the pipes coming next to the doors E E of the car on one side and running around the ends of the car to the door on the opposite side. Each of the pipes D D' will thus run around one end of the car and down each side to the doors. Each of the troughs C is connected to these pipes by small lateral branches a, and at each corner of the car each of the pipes D D will be provided with an upright branch, D, having afunnel-shaped top, I), so that water poured into the funnel-shaped top of the branches will run down into the'pipes D D and thence to the troughs C, so that allthe troughs on one end of the car may be filled with water from one point on that end, or from either one of the branches D. For

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convenience I provide four of these funneltopped branches Di, so that the troughs may be supplied with water from either side or from either end of the car, although only two of the funnel-shaped branches are really necessary-one for each of the pipes D D".

The pipes D D may be arranged with a slight downward slant from the ends of the car toward the center, or toward the doors, so that the water will be sure to run down into the troughs; but ordinarily the motion of the car will be sufficient to cause the water to run freely into the troughs, even if the pipes are level.

The lateral branches a, which connect the troughs Cwith the pipes D D, should decline downward slightly, so that in case the animals do not drink all the water it may be drawn off by opening plugs d, placed at suitable points in the pipes D D The pipes D D will be placed on a line slightly below the lower inner surface of the troughs, as shownin Fig. 3, so that the draining of the troughs will be assured.

I shall use a large size of pipe for the pipes D D, usually about five-inch gas or water piping, so that the pipes themselves shall serve as reservoirs to hold a supply of water to feed thetroughs as the animals drink therefrom, and the troughs and pipes together will holda sufficient quantity of water to supply the animals for twenty-four hours.

I have shown in the drawingslines of troughs upon both sides'of the car, so that no matter on which side of the car the animals heads are they will find a watering-trough convenient. This avoids the necessity of turning the animals around after they are driven into the cars.

The doors E E will also be supplied with a set of the stanchions B and the wateringtroughs C, the troughs on the doors being arranged to be connected in any simple and suitable manner with the water-supply pipes D D so that the troughs on the doors may be supplied with water at the same time as the other troughs.

I have shown in the drawings a hose, H, connected to each end of each of the pipes D D through which water may be supplied to I00 troughs, downwardly-inelined brunch pipes connecting thetronghs with said supply-pipes, 15 and upright branch feed-pipes connected to each of said snpply-pipes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 20 witnesses.

HENRY CLINTON II'I'GKS.

Vitnesses:

C. N. W OQDWARD, WM. GRAHAM. 

